An interesting thought I've had over the past few days that I thought I would bring up. So I was watching TV and I came across a comedian who was talking about how rappers are becoming the new modern entrepreneurs of this century. And it got me thinking that what he was saying is true. For example we have Jay-Z the CEO of Roc-a-Fella records, but also has a clothing line called Roc-a-Wear as well as a club and even a vodka called 'Armadale'! But Jay's not the only one, we've got Pharrell Williams and his Billionaire Boys Club and Ice-Cream clothing line and 50 Cent with the G-Unit clothing line.
This has got me wondering, with people so determined to make money, are the great rappers of our era trying to concentrate on other ventures rather than concentrate on the music? Is this what is partly killing off the hip hop genre, the fact that rather than focusing on creating new fresh meaningful music, that these 'entrepreneurs' would rather make money? Let us know your views, this should be an interesting topic.
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1 comment:
Aren't forms of music like this about taking control? They ain't working for 'the man' - 'they is the man'?
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